YORK ENGLISH PRIMARY SCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN (KOWLOON TONG)
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 2 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"We hold several beliefs in common, objectives that influence and shape everyone here at York . These 8 objectives unite us in a common voice on what we do: helping children realize and reach their potential.1) We educate the ''whole'' child. 2) We teach through experience.3) We give children solid foundations. 4) We teach English early.5) We help children develop interpersonal and intrapersonal skills.6) We involve parents in the child's education.7) We make learning fun for parents and children.8) We make a commitment to our profession."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"Our teaching is arranged according to 2 major objectives: 1) To broaden international perspectives: Since 2006, we have been videoconferencing with partners such as the University of Cambridge as well as connecting with children from Miami, Texas, London, Wales etc. We have also helped children from developing countries, even adopting 7 children one year from Haiti and Ethiopia through a charity art exhibition. This year, York is taking things to a new level. First, we are partnering with famous HK street artist XEME to create an NFT in the metaverse to help people in Turkey. We have also invited primary schools in Hong Kong and the USA to take part Second, we are planning to have a simulated Dinosaur Dig, whereby children will get to unearth a Tyrannosaurus skull as well as tal…
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| joining_kg_edu_scheme | Not joining |
|---|---|
| received_grant_for_support_to_ncs_students | ✗ |
| application_form_type | not available |
| application_period_type | not available |
| title_of_school_supervisor | MR |
| title_of_school_principal | MR |
| no_of_registered_classrooms | 14 |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | English multi-purpose room, computer lab, tennis court, outdoor golf training ground. |
| working_hd_30000_or_below | - |
| working_hd_30001_to_40000 | - |
| working_hd_40000_above | - |
| working_hd_remarks | No information |
| working_wd_30000_or_below | - |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | - |
| working_wd_40000_above | - |
| working_wd_remarks | No information |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | - |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | - |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | - |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_remarks | No information |
| summer_uniform | No information |
| winter_uniform | No information |
| school_bag | No information |
| tea_and_snacks | No information |
| textbooks | No information |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | No information |
| stationery | No information |
| bedding_items | No information |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | - |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | - |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | - |
| teaching_resources | - |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | - |
| other_expenses | - |
| expenditure_information_remarks | No information |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | No Information |
| curriculum_planning | Our children come from a variety of backgrounds with a large portions going to both local and international schools. To ensure that students will have the maximum flexibility in their choice of schools, our syllabus is benchmarked to external international benchmarks, with a strong emphasis on English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Our kindergarten is understandably more challenging than traditional schools, but that is the reason why York is so popular among professional and accomplished parents who understand the need of preparing early. |
| assessment_of_children_learning_experiences | 1) In-school assessments: Every January and May. 2) External assessments: we encourage our students to enroll in international exams. Here are our latest achievements: English : Cambridge Young Learners' English Tests (Movers level) - our students' average score is 77% (scoring nearly 98.6% on the speaking portion). Math : Stanford 10 (math portion) - our students' average test level is equivalent to 3.4 grade student from the USA Putonghua : over 75% of the candidates from our school achieved distinction in the GAPSK putonghua test Science : our students participate in the UK's CREST awards programme Music : our students are encouraged to take part in the National College of Music preparatory violin exams. |
| support_to_students | We provide the following. 1) Learning : High foreign teacher-to-student ratio in a small class setting; specialized software designed in-house to help children extend the learning process beyond the classroom; helping children to challenge international benchmarks in the core subjects of Putonghua, English and Mathematics. 2) Sportsmanship: We are the first kindergarten in Hong Kong to have a specialized in-house golf, archery and tennis programme, backed and sponsored by Prince Tennis. 3) Music: all of our students are exposed to the rudiments of playing the violin before they graduate. We also have an annual Christmas ball, whereby the boys invite the girls to the dance and the children get to practice the Waltz and the Flamenco that they learnt earlier. |
| parent_teacher_association | No |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | We do parent-child outings, Christmas parties, parents' class observations, charity fund -raising activities, Art exhibitions, International Photo Exhibitions, etc. Please see our website for more details. |
| support_to_non-chinese_speaking_ncs_students | No information |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✗ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 235 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 8 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 8 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 16 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_qualified_kg_teachers | 0 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_other_teacher_trainings | 0 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_qualified_assistant_kg_teachers | 0 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_others | 0 |
| fees_certificate | http://applications.edb.gov.hk/schoolsearch/schoolfee/322822.pdf |
| quality_review_result_and_report_chi | Not applicable |
| quality_review_result_and_report_eng | Not applicable |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | - |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | - |
| no_for_enrolment_aged_2_to_3 | 0 |
| cc_service_fee_level_annum_hd | - |
| cc_service_fee_level_annum_wd | - |
| join_ccc_subsidy_scheme | - |
| provide_occasional_cc_service | - |